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  Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor (1932-1997) is best known as the press agent for the hugely popular rock band, The Beatles.
He was a local journalist in Liverpool who worked for the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, the News Chronicle, the Sunday Dispatch, and the Sunday Daily Express, and was also a regular columnist and theatre critic for the Northern Daily Express.
Derek Taylor died of cancer in September, 1997.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/de/Derek_Taylor.html   (163 words)

  
 Derek Taylor - Biography - AOL Music
In 1963, Taylor was a journalist, and was assigned to cover a Beatles concert at the Manchester Odeon on May 30.
Taylor then moved to Hollywood and became, probably, the most famous rock publicist of the mid '60s, working with the Byrds, Beach Boys, Paul Revere and less commercial artists such as Captain Beefheart and Phil Ochs.
Taylor returned to Apple Corps in the mid '80s, and was involved in the archival Beatles projects generated by the company in the '90s, such as the Anthology compilations and video documentary.
music.aol.com /artist/derek-taylor/130638/biography   (682 words)

  
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This document is available from: http://www.ibiblio.org/mal/MO/philm/derek_taylor/ Monday September 8 2:34 PM EDT Derek Taylor's official obituary and biography from Apple: DEREK TAYLOR, The Beatles' friend and Press Officer across a span of 30 years, has died at his home in Suffolk after a long illness.
Derek Taylor was born in Liverpool on May 7, 1932.
Derek was not only the World's Greatest Press Officer, he was also one of the funniest, kindest and most decent men you could have met.
www.ibiblio.org /mal/MO/philm/derek_taylor/derek.txt   (472 words)

  
 Derek Taylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Derek Taylor (May 7, 1932 – September 8, 1997) is best known as the press agent for the hugely popular rock band, the Beatles.
He was a local journalist in Liverpool who worked for the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, the News Chronicle, the Sunday Dispatch, and the Sunday Daily Express, and was also a regular columnist and theatre critic for the Northern Daily Express.
Derek Taylor died of cancer on September 8, 1997.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Derek_Taylor   (196 words)

  
 The Ordine Della Luna/Nova
The Work of Alex Sanders & Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor was initiated into the Ordine della Luna and with a charter from the organisation established Ordine della Nova to promote a progressive concept of Wicca into the New Age and to include the study and practise of communications with Extraterrestrials.
Derek Taylor claims most of Wicca is populated by large egos, pomposity and delusion.
Derek Leo Elliott -Taylor, Head of the Ordine della Nova, was born in London in 1939.
www.geocities.com /triple-moon/alexandderek.html   (1594 words)

  
 Derek Taylor at the bed-in
Taylor would leave for five minutes in the middle of a sentence and return five minutes later to finish -- without dropping a word -- his thought.
Taylor has 15 years' experience with newspapers in Liverpool, Manchester and London, separated by a two-year stint in the Army.
Taylor's success in California, he says, was due to the fact that "I was English and had a reasonable narrative flow." But it was more than that.
beatles.ncf.ca /taylor.html   (1348 words)

  
 Internet Beatles Album - Derek Taylor Portfolio
Derek Taylor was born in Liverpool in 1932.
Derek returned to London in 1968 to be the press officer (in-house publicist) for the newly created Apple Corps, responsible for media relations for the Beatles and all the artists on the Apple label.
Derek went on to become director of special projects at WEA Records (the UK amalgam of Warner-Reprise, Electra and Atlantic Records) where he was responsible for marketing and publicity on a handful of select artists such as Alice Cooper, America and Carly Simon.
www.beatlesagain.com /bderek.html   (885 words)

  
 Global to Local - Derek Taylor
Before establishing Global to Local, Derek was Lancashire County Councils head of Planning Policy and was instrumental in establishing the Councils international reputation as a policy and action leader on sustainable development.
His particular expertise is in Local Agenda 21 in the UK and the developing world, training, sustainability reporting, public and stakeholder involvement, environmental management policy and land use planning.
Derek has given advice to the Association of County Councils, UK Local Government and international organisations and has lectured widely at home and abroad.
www.globaltolocal.com /biodtaylor.php   (230 words)

  
 Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor was born in Liverpool, England on May 7, 1932.
In 1968, with the institution of Apple Corps, Derek returned to England with his wife Joan and their children to become The Beatles' Press Officer, casually establishing his legendary press "salon" at the Apple building in Saville Row, from where he befriended all comers and addressed the world.
Derek's poetry was exceptional and I wish I could recall the jaggedy little poem he wrote about southern California shopping center parking lots that Harry Nilsson used to recite with such relish and exquisite attention to detail.
www.harrynilsson.com /about-derek-taylor.html   (1353 words)

  
 A tribute to Derek Taylor, 1932-1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Derek Taylor was born in Liverpool on May 7th 1932.
Derek was the dapper, moustached trench-coated war correspondent of rock'n'roll.
Derek was there from the very beginning and he craftily spun the web that would continue to envelope that marvelous band throughout their all-too-brief career.
abbeyrd.best.vwh.net /derek.htm   (3116 words)

  
 Derek Taylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Derek retired to the North West Highlands of Scotland in 1994 with the firm intention of devoting himself to the undemanding pursuits of sailing, golfing and fishing.
Married to a writer, and with two teenage sons and a spaniel, Derek holds a PhD in sociology.
His fascination with social norms (the subject of his doctoral thesis) and the real-world clash of normative systems stimulated this fictionalised account of life's travails in the Highlands for an inadequate Englishman.
www.onlineoriginals.com /showitem.asp?itemID=209   (115 words)

  
 The World Today - Wheat stalled in ships on way to Iraq
DEREK TAYLOR: We understand that surplus milling capacity in Kuwait is in the order of 500 tonnes per day.
DEREK TAYLOR: The Australian wheat, as I understand it, is prime quality wheat and the quality of the wheat internationally of Australian produce is exceptionally high.
DEREK TAYLOR: The intent is to keep it at anchor until Umm Qasr is open, until the vessel owner is happy for it to go into Umm Qasr.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s823806.htm   (912 words)

  
 NewStandard: 9/9/97
LONDON -- Derek Taylor, the drama critic who called the Beatles "magnificent" in 1963 and later became their publicist during the height of Beatlemania, has died of cancer at age 65.
Taylor, who died Sunday, Apple Corps press officer Zoe Howard said yesterday, held numerous music industry jobs throughout his life.
Taylor will be buried Sept. 12 near his home in Sudbury, Suffolk, where he died.
www.s-t.com /daily/09-97/09-09-97/c06ae091.htm   (523 words)

  
 NEW EDITOR: Primedia names Derek Taylor, Editor, Powder Magazine
Taylor joined Powder in 2002 as Associate Editor and was most recently Senior Editor of Powder.
Derek has a unique and valuable set of skills and with Tom Bie stepping down; it was an obvious choice for us.
Derek has the passion and experience to lead the title into the future.” stated Joshua Weis, Publisher.
powdermag.com /features/news/taylor-announcement   (376 words)

  
 Derek Taylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Derek Taylor is a Texas guitarist with a unique sound, very heavy and based on rhythms instead of...
Taylor, Derek [1] A press officer for the Beatles throughout much of the '60s, Derek Taylor was also an author of...
Derek Taylor at the Lennon's bed-in at Montreal, with Timothy Leary...
www.lasso.dk /people/actors/t/Derek%20Taylor.shtml   (431 words)

  
 July 26, 2001-Vol32n33
The focus of the trip is on marine organisms, or aquatic invertebrates, which, explained Derek Taylor, assistant professor of biological sciences, "tend to grow faster and larger" in the arctic environment.
A pilot project Taylor and two graduate students conducted at the same location last year went swimmingly, with the trio collecting from more than 120 ponds and lakes aquatic specimens on which they conducted genetic analysis.
Taylor said the fact that they're close to uncovering the origin of a particular polyploid species is remarkable, given the difficulty in the details of speciation.
www.buffalo.edu /reporter/vol32/vol32n33/n6.html   (733 words)

  
 Genesis Publications: The Hall of Fame: Fifty Years Adrift
Derek Taylor's colourful autobiography, packed with glorious pieces of memorabilia from his early days as a journalist, to his term as Beatles publicist and great friend and beyond.
Written by Derek Taylor and edited and annotated by George Harrison, it is a lasting testament to the genius, wit and insight of two great men.
Derek Taylor and Brian Roylance worked many a long night pasting up the page layouts in Genesis' old, cramped Pilgrim House office so that the publication date could be met.
www.genesis-publications.com /fame/fifty.html   (674 words)

  
 Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor is a third year veteran of the Blizzard.
Derek is a great two-way player and has incredible hands and a great shot.
Derek is another local player and grew up in Cole Harbour where he played all of his minor hockey.
www.cfougie.freeservers.com /players/16.htm   (116 words)

  
 Derek Taylor - Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This time Derek was a student bandmaster attending a 3 year course in harmony and counterpoint, composition, instrumentation, aural and the close study of all instruments used in the military band.
Graduating from Kneller Hall in Nov 1955, Derek was appointed bandmaster of the Queen's Royal Lancers, the youngest bandmaster in the British Army at the age of 26 years.
Arriving in Australia in Feb 1986, Derek became the Director of the Tamworth Regional Music Centre, later the Conservatorium, an appointment he held for ten years during which time the non-tertiary student body increased from about 80 with five staff members to in excess of 1000 and 24 members of teaching staff.
www.scyo.org.au /con-derek_t.htm   (706 words)

  
 Internet Beatles Album - Reference Library - The Passing of Derek Taylor
DEREK TAYLOR, The Beatles' friend and Press Officer across a span of 30 years, has died at his home in Suffolk after a long illness.
Derek was not only the World's Greatest Press Officer, eh was also one of the funniest, kindest and most decent men you could have met.
Taylor before luncheon (eight hours hence), after which (so I was warned) I'd be less likely to find him ensconced at his desk but rather captured in interminable meetings.
www.beatlesagain.com /breflib/dt.html   (1299 words)

  
 Philm Freax: Derek Taylor
The paper hadn't been running very long and I didn't have a lot of experience of working with big-time movers 'n' groovers, I arrived alone.
Derek went out of his way to make me feel comfortable, I knew his job was PR and public image and he was good at his job -- he made sure I got good pictures of him but more than anything I went away from that session with a bounce in my step.
in Saville Row, Derek remembered me and I was happy to have the chance to spend some time with him again because I knew I'd come away feeling good, I also felt more confident doing my job and that meant he could really relax this time and do what he did best...
www.ibiblio.org /mal/MO/philm/derek_taylor   (367 words)

  
 Derek Taylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The character 'Derek Manchester' played by Eric Idle in the Rutles cruel Beatle spoof, as interviewed by a barely disguised George Harrison, as the Rutle Corps offices are being ransacked behind them..
I was handed a treasured copy of Derek Taylor’s (then) recently published memoirs, ’As Time Goes By’.
I believe Derek Taylor to have died in recent years but I have often looked up at the offices passing through Soho Square and felt like paying him another visit, wondering if he would recall me as fondly as I do him.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /jezaland/DerekTaylor2.htm   (342 words)

  
 A51 DJ Management - Derek Taylor (Limbo/Foundations)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Since Derek’s first visit to in Slam’s weekly night at the Arches in the early 90’s, his life completely changed to one that is completely orientated around (and maybe slightly obsessed by) the Dance Music scene.
Derek is not only one of Scotland’s best underground djs, he is also one of the busiest.
Later in 2000, Derek was asked to become A&R consultant for the infamous Limbo Records based in Glasgow, which to date has released well over 100 releases and has been in existence for over 10yrs.
www.a51djs.com /djs.php?djID=34   (537 words)

  
 Scotch Mist - electronic novel by Derek Taylor, Scottish Highlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When we moved to the Highlands Derek (my husband) had the firm intention of devoting himself to the undemanding pursuits of sailing, golfing and fishing while I kept him in the manner to which he had become accustomed.
Derek holds a PhD in sociology, and his fascination with social norms (the subject of his doctoral thesis) and the real-world clash of normative systems stimulated this fictionalised account of life's travails in the Highlands for an inadequate Englishman.
Scotch Mist by Derek Taylor was a pleasantly deceptive novel.
freespace.virgin.net /nicola.taylor/mist.htm   (531 words)

  
 Amazon.com: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today: Books: Derek Taylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Here Taylor incorporates material from the TV show and presents interviews and quotations in which key people from the periodincluding Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsburg, Timothy Leary, Michelle Phillips and Hunter Thompsonremember the time.
Taylor manages to recapture some of the temper of that time, especially its sense of freedom and possibility.
Derek Taylor reminds us that it was a period of yearning, of searching, of exploration...
www.amazon.com /Was-Twenty-Years-Ago-Today/dp/0671642014   (1572 words)

  
 (Transcript of Interview with Derek Taylor)
Today, Derek still serves as press officer for Apple and I'm still searching for a copy of his, "Fifty Years Adrift," a deluxe autobiography of his life with the Beatles.
BH: Well, during the mid- to late-60's, consciousness was focused on the attempt to end all wars, and in particular, those in southeast Asia, fortunately, the musicians from that era worked nearly unanimously towards world peace.
Today, these natural plants are outlawed, and in the United States, those that are caught with a joint could not only be sent to prison for decades, but lose all, all of their personal possessions as well.
www.21stcenturyradio.com /NP-8-25-99.1.html   (2805 words)

  
 Hospitality Sales and Promotion (Professional Hospitality Guides): Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
From writing the marketing plan to selling face-to-face or on the phone, Taylor sets out the principles in a way that will be useful for students and for established operators.
Derek Taylor has a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry and has worked with and advised numerous international corporate hospitality companies.
Concrete and relevant case studies and examples from his experience are used to illustrate throughout the guide, from companies such as: Whitbread, Hilton International, Pizza Express and Stakis.
www.usaflightinsurance.com /books-reviewed/0750649860.html   (619 words)

  
 Jazzcorner's Speakeasy - Bayar-Djll in OFN
Derek, I'm saying he is a part of the SF scene, I believe he plays shows fairly often.
On the first sentence we agree, as I stated to Derek.
Derek, I am primarily concerned this morning that you stay WARM.
www.jazzcornertalk.com /speakeasy/showthread.php?t=9267   (3345 words)

  
 Rock's Backpages - Derek Taylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The late Derek Taylor made his name as publicist for The Beatles in the '60s.
He was among the organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival.
Derek's books included As Time Goes By and It Was Twenty Years Ago Today.
www.backpages.com /writers/taylor.html   (124 words)

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